The Sun. — London, England, 1838-04-10 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, FURTHER. OPENING OF THE LON. DON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. (BY EXPRESS.) In consequence of the late hour at which the train ar rived last night, we were unable, from the necessity of saving post, to give more than a limited notice of the further extension of this great lino of Railway. As the subject is one of much importance to the public, we now proceed to add such further details as may be generally in teresting. (From our Second Edition of last night.) Considerable progress has been made in this most important undertaking since the opening of the first portion of the line from London to Tring, a distance of thirty-one and a half miles. Yesterday morning a further portion, to Denbigh Hall, making in all forty-eight miles from London, was for the first time opened to the public, and a great number of persons prompted by curiosity or led by business, started with the half past seven o'clock train, from the station at Euston-square. At this terminus the entrance gates, and other buildings con nected with the depot, have progressed very rapidly since our last notice, and when completed they will present a very elegant and appropriate appearance. The police arrange merits, as indeed is the case with all the Railway lines which have hitherto been opened, are excellent, and tend much to the security and comfort of the passengers. Some inconvenience arose from the tickets given at the different c7a - cT - Coffices in London not being numbered, but this is a mat ter which can be easily remedied. At a few minutes after the time appointed, the train, which was of great length, left the station, and proceeded at a very rapid rate up the inclined plane. The delay in attaching the rope is much less than at the outset, and the plan is, we understand, found to work extremely well. The carriages have lamps af affixed to obviate the inconvenience arising from passing through the tunnels. We may observe here that much has been said of the nuisance of tunnels, but it appeared to us that, with the exception of the temporary darkness, and a slight change in the temperature; not very remarkable at this season, wt did not observe any thing to which the most fastidious or delicate traveller could object. After passing under the Edgware -road at Kilburn, the line proceeds along Kensal-green, between which and Worm wood Scrubbs, a second short tunnel occurs. From this to the first station at Harrow, the traveller proceeds through the diversified and richly cultivated landscape which the imme diate neighbourhood of the meveeplis presents. Having passed the next station, the great Watford Tun nel with its lofty shafts appears in view. This tunnel is nearly a mile in length, and is one of the most extra ordinary efforts of engineering skill that can be imagined. The average time occupied in passing through is 2A- minutes. The train arrived at Tring, the former temporary terminus of the line, at half-past nine, having performed the distance in somewhat less than two hours. From this point the line in clines more to the northward, leaving Cheddington and Ilenti more to the left. The first three or four miles of the new portion is carried by cuttings to a considerable depth through a loose sandy soil, and thence along a rich agricultural valley to Leighton Buzzard, which it leaves about half a mile to the right. At this station there is another tunnel of nearly a fur long in length, being the only one which occurs on the newly opened portion of the line. The present terminus is at Denbigh Hall, a little hamlet about two miles beyond Fenny Stratford, on the high road to Stoney Stratford, which is here crossed at an elevation of about 30 feet, by a lofty and elegant viaduct. The train reached Denbigh Hall at 25 minutes past ton—the last stage, 164 miles long, having been accomplished in 50 minutes. The day was uncommonly fine, and along the line, particularly the newly opened portion, the crowds were immense, every village and hamlet pouring out its inhabitants, who greeted the novel and extraordinary visitor as it passed along with loud and repeated cheer ing. At Denbigh Hall the whole population of the surrounding districts appeared to have con gregated, and, in default of better accommodation, there being no regular inn or hotel in the neighbourhood, the itinerant vendors of sandwiches, rolls, pies, and other dainties, reaped an abundant harvest. A large tent was erected close to the station in the event of unfavourable wea ther, and here the passengers for Birmingham were trans ferred to coaches and other vehicles, which had been pro vided for that purpose. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY MORNINO, The °riling cf this great line of railway communication from Birmingham to the metropolis, which for some months past has been looked forward to with much interest, took place this ddy at nine o'clock, A.M. Although the line may now be sail to be open, there still remains a distance of thirty seven miles, from Rugby to Denbigh Hail, unfinished, over which passengers and their luggage are conveyed by coaches altogether under the control and direction of the Railway Company. The intermediate coaching distance will, it is expected, gradually diminish as the works advance, till the will° line is completed, when a perfect railway communica tion, with its numerous tributary branches, north and south, will extend from one side of the island to the other, thus bring ing within ten hours' travel, ani connecting, two of the great est sea-ports in the world. Since the termination of the late severe frost, which cau7cd serious interruption to their operations, the utmost exertion; have been made by the engineer and the contractors to for ward the works, and throw the line open to the public as early as possible; but the difficulties have been found more formi dable than were anticipated, and although the road between Birmingham and Rugby on the one side, and Londcn and _ _ Denbigh Hall on the other, may now be said to be is the most complete working order, still there are many parts of the line, as regards embellishments and erections, unfinished, particu larly at the Birmingham end. The buildings in course of erection at the point where the Grand Junction and Birming ham and London meet, are on a truly magnificent and exten sive teals, and when finishcA will cover an area of about twenty acres of ground. This, however, will comprise a spacious enclosed yard and stores for warehousing goods, a large en gine house, capable of holding sixteen engines, with their tenders. At the entrances to this building are two immense tanks, which, when filled, contain two hundred tons of water, supplied by the Birmingham Waterworks Company. There is likewise on this area a beautiful range of booking•offices, with separate waiting-rooms at either end for the passengers by the first and second class carriages. ln addition to these buildings, there is a noble edifice in course of erection at the main entrance to the station, intended as a general office for the meetings of the Directors, and a suite of rooms on the ground floor, which is set apart far refreshments, supplied to the passengers by Nlr. Dee, of the Royal Hotel. One of the most striking features at the grand station (which is not more than three-parts of a mile from the principal coach-offices and hotels), is the magnificent shedding, supported by elegant pillars, erected by Mr. Bramah, the extreme lightness and beauty of which excites general admiration. It is capable of covering not less than sixty carriages, and is built on the same plan as that at the Euston-square terminus, but is much more spacious ; and being erected subsequently to the one just named, may be supposed to have received every improvement of which the design was susceptible. It may, perhaps. be as well here to state that the Commissioners of Bir mingham intend to clear away several of the narrow and filthy streets in the immediate neighbourhood of the station, forming a grand thoroughfare to the centre of the town, and from the spirit with which the plan is taken up, there is every reason to believe that it will be conceived and executed in a spirit worthy of the body with which it origi nates, and the great undertaking which called it into existence. To work the seventy miles of road now opened, the Com pany have already at their command about twenty-six power ful engines, a supply of steam power which, there is little rea son to doubt, will obviate much of that inconvenience, and pre vent many of those accidents which have marked the working of the Grand Junction line. Availing themselves of the hints which these mishaps have suggested, the Directors have like wise a numerous and effective body of police, who are placed under the direction of an active, experienced, and intelligent superintendent. The men on this establishment have been carefully selected—they are dressed in a green uni form, are remarkably respectful in their behaviour, and are placed along the whole extent of line, almost within hail of each other, so that the slightest obstruction on the rails is immediately detected, and should accident or interruption occur to the trains passiug up or down, the intelligence can be conveyed to the next station with a rapidity outstripping even the powers of steam. The first train started precisely at three minutes past nine, (London time) and as it cleared the station, was greeted with hearty cheers by immense crowds of persons who had assem bled on every point which could command a view of its pro gress. At thirteen minutes past nine the train passed the Yardley viaducts, moving through a beautiful country at a rapid rate this portion of the line being on an in clination of 1 in 330 inches. Soon after leaving Yardley, a passing view of the village and church of Coleshill was afforded to the left, while the village of Sheldon lay in the valley on the other side. After leaving Sheldon. the train passes Partington, the seat of the Earl of Aylesford. The house or park is not, however, seen from the line, lying at least a mile and a half to the left. At twenty-two minutes past nine, the train crossed under the Coventry turnpike-road, having now accomplished about eight miles of the journey, at the rate of four-and-twenty miles an hour. Passing Bicken hill, which lies to the right, a momentary view is obtained of the spire of the Church, as also of the village of Hampton-in- Arden. After passing this point, a distant view of the village of Nlerriden, on a pleasant bill, is obtained to the right, with Barston also on the right. The long embankment of about two miles, after passing Hampton in Arden, though still on an inclined plane, was crossed with much caution. On reaching the deep cutting at the village of Barkswell, the speed was considerably increased, previous to arriving at which the nearest turnpike-road to Kenilworth is passed, the village, with its celebrated ruins, lying about five miles to the right. After leaving this point the train proceeds through fertile pastures and well-wooded land, and it was not a little amusing to observe the cattle scampering " tails erect" across the fields, evidently not a little surprisTd and perplexed at this invasion of their own domain. As the train approached Coventry num bers of persons lined the embankments on both sides of the road, and the various bridges crossing the line, and the train reached the Station, eighteen and a quarter miles from Bir mingham, precisely in fifty minutes. The station lies to the south side, about a quarter of a mile from the town, at which the train remained six minutes to set down and take up passengers, after which it proceeded on its journey to Rugby. Every elevated point, for two or three miles, from which a view could be obtained, was crowded by multitudes of spectators. The works seem to be progressing rapidly at thi s portion of the line, where great difficulties had to be overcome, if we might judge from the great depth of the cuttings, and the rocky nature of the ground through which the line runs. From Coventry to Rugby few points of attraction presented themselves to the eye of the traveller—" town, village—none are on his track." The general aspect of the country, how ever, with its rich pasture and undulating land, presents a most pleasing feature, until the train reaches the village of Church Lawton, which lies a little to the right, and a good view of which is obtained from the line. At 32 minutes past ten the train reached Rugby, at which place omnibuses and coaches were provided for conveying the passengers to Den bigh Hall. Here there was necessarily some delay in removing the luggage, &c. ; but the whole time occupied did not ex ceed 20 minutes. The several coaches and omnibuses pro ceeded according to their numbers. The ground being ex tremely heavy, it required six or eight horses to pull up some of the coaches; and as the fourth coach was about to start, the nave broke, which caused some unexpected delay. The coaches reached Denbigh Hall at a few minutes past three, and the passengers having been previously provided with tickets, took their seats in the railway carriages. A further stoppage was then occasioned by the non-arrival of the' luggage van, and it was ten minutes past four, instead of half-past two o'clock, when the train of carriages left Denbigh Hall, for London. The journey to Euston-square was completed in two hours and twelve minutes, including a stoppage of a few minutes at Trin,g and Watford. This gives an average speed of 23 miles per hour for the whole journey Tthe crowds at the different stations were still greater than in the morning, and such was the anxiety of persons living in the immediate neighbourhood of Triug and Denbigh to try this new and expeditious mode of conveyance, that it was found necessary to attach an extra train of carriages. On d great portion of the line we observed that the granite blocks upon which the rails rest are placed diamond-wise ; thus giving the greatest support to the rail which the blocks can afford. Over the embankmeats where the ground is not as yet sufficiently firm, instead of granite blocks the rails are supported by square blocks of wood, which run across the entire breaith of the Erie. The wood is " Kyanized," as it is termed, to prevent its rotting in the ground ; but the motion is by no means so uniform and steady as over the granite por. tions of the line, where there is no spring or elasticity in the material employed. The first class carriages are nearly si miler in construction, but not quite su roomy, as those on the Grand Junction line; the oil-lamps by which they arc lighted are not very efficient for the purpose, and from some imperfec tion in the construction are liable to be suddenly extinguished, when a very unpleasant smell is emitted. The second class carriages are covered at the top and open at the sides, as is the case on the other railway lines. One peculiarity in the London and Birmingham Railway is that the whole line is fenced in, and a kind of telegraphic communication by means of flags is kept up, by which the different trains are immediately apprized of any obstruction. It is confidently stated that the entire line will be opener) by the middle of June. We fear that without some extraor dinary exnrlions, on the part of the Directors, this will not be practicable. Let the Company, however, avail themselves of the present fine weather, and by onlays of workmen, night and day, there is little doubt that the remaining portion of the line may be completed within that period. Within a very short time the line might by this means be extended to the point where it crosses the high road, three or four miles to the right of Daventry—the intermediate distance of two miles to Rugby being accomplished by coaches. Birmingham would thus be brought within 6 or 61 hours, and Liverpool and Man chester 11 hours' ride of the metropolis. We would also suggest to the Company the propriety of lighting the tunnels on the line with gas, as has been done on the Liverpool and Mancheste; Line. Such an arrangement would tend much to do away with the complaints we heard in many quarters. Taking into account the delays incidental to a first trip, the result was highly satisfactory ; and when the arrangements for the taking up and setting do , ,sn of passengers, and the supply of fuel and water, are more perfect, half an hour at least may be saved upon the route. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. (From the Vo'es and Proceedings of Me House of Commons.) On the motion of Mr. Baring, a return was ordered, and presented, " of the number of Newspapers to which Stamps were issued, and of the number of Stamps issued to News papers, in the yclrs ending 15th September, 1836 and 1837, and the half year ending 15th March, 1838; (!iitinguishing th, number issued to London Newspapers, to English Provincial Newspapers, and to !rish and Scots Newspaper respectively, and showing the total number and amount each ye.r ; also. the amount of Newspaper Stamp Duty received in each of the above periods." COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty took an equestrian airing to Brixton and its neighbourhood yesterday afternoon, accompanied by h er august mother, and attended by Miss Cavendish and Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Falkland, Earl of Uxbridge, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Mr. Rich, Col. Wemyss, and Lord Alfred Paget. The Royal party were absent three hours from the Palace. Viscount Melbourne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had audiences yesterday for the Queen. Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday. The company included his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Baron Knesebeck, the Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Morpeth, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, the Lord Steward, Lady Caroline Barrington, Lord Alfred Paget, Hon. Sir Edward and Lady Cust, and the Clerk Marshal. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was in attendance at the Palace during the evening. The Queen will hold a Privy Council this afternoon at the New Palace. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, on Sunday afternoon. The Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty yesterday at Marlborough House. The Duke of Cambridge had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, in Downing-street. Mr. Pakington, M. P., with Lord Sandon, M. P., Sir Ro bert Inglis, M. P., and Mr. W. E. Gladstone, M. P., and Messrs. Cochrane and Moffatt, of the Executive and Legisla tive Councils of Lower Canada, and several other Gentlemen connected with that Colony, had an interview with Lord Gle nelg yesterday, on the subject of the Bishopric of Quebec, the Church of England in Canada, and the necessity of providing the means of English education in the Lower Province. Mr. Broun, Hon. Secretary to the Committee of Baronets, waited yesterday on the Hon. Secretary of State for the Home Department, to put in his Lordship's hands, for presentation to the Queen, the petition of the Baronets, praying that the Order may, in conformity with the Charters and intentions of King James 1., attend with the other hereditary dignities, at her Majesty's Royal Coronation. A deputation from North America, including Messrs. Stuart, Moffatt, Badgley, and Gillespie, had an interview with Lord Glenelg, at the Colonial Office, yesterday. Mr. Wood, Commissioner of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Messrs. J. Macarthur and Lennard had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday. The Earl of Albemarle left town yesterday for Newmarket. 40tn i-I n I g GH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-NIOROW. NIORROW. 56 minutes after 2 I Evening II minutes after 3 THE DORCHESTER LABOURERS. PUBLIC DINNER will - be given by the TRADES of LONDON to the DORCHESTER LA BOURERS, at WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE, on EASTER MONDAY next, Aprill6, THOMAS WAKLEY, Esq., M.P. in the Chair. Tickets 2s. 6d. each, including admission to the BALL in the Evening. Dinner on the table at half-past Two ; under the superinten dance of the CENTRAL DORCHESTER COMMITTEE, who have entered into such arrangements with the Proprietors as will ensure the comfort of all who attend. A spacious and hand some TENT has been erected on the ground, with raised platform elegantly decorated. It is imperative that immediate application be made for Tickets, the demand being so great that none will, on any account, be sold after Saturday Next, April 14. Clapp's celebrated Band is engaged for the Ball. Ball Tickets (for those who do not dine) Gentlemen, Is. ; La dies 6d ; to commence at eight o'clock. The Gardens will be brilliantly illuminated, and, in the course of the Evening a superb display of FIREWORKS, by Madame Slengler, exhibiting several appropriate devices. By Order of the Committee, R. HARTWELL, Hon. Sec. Tickets may be obtained of any member of the Committee, at the Turk's Head, King-street, Holborn ; White Conduit House ; Cleave, 1, Shoe-lane ; Watson, 15, City-road ; Hetherington, 126, Strand ; and at the Working liens' Association, 6, Upper North Place, Gray's Inn-road. A Procession of the Trades from Kennington Common. " A Newspaper periodical of more than ordinary merit and attraction."—Morning Chronicle. — The Second Edition, Price SIXPENCE--Not EIGHT-PENCE. T HE COURT GAZETTE AND FASHIONABLE GUIDE of SATURDAY, contains among other Original Papers :—The Autobiography of Syngleton Solus, Esq.—A Modern Traveller— The Dentist—The Debutantes—Excursions from the West—Mo dern Belles—Almacks—Literature—The Drama—Concerts—Ne w Music—Fine Arts, &c.—Ample Scientific Reports—All the Foreign and Domestic News of the Week. The ONLY Full and Authentic Description of the Ladies Dresses at the Queen's Drawing Room, will be found in the Court Gazette, which is accompanied by a Gratis Supplement.—Price only 6d. Offices, 162, Piccadilly, and 22, Catherine-street, Strand. MORTGAGES. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON have observed during a long aid extensive practice, intimately connected with Landed and other real Property, that in the tran saction of Mortgages, numerous obstacles, with great risks and im positions, and improper publicity, are constantly incurred; and having been often the channel for effecting Loans and much em ployed in reporting on the validity of various Securities, they have prepared, and respectfully submit to the I'ublic A PLAN AND SYSTEM, under which bona fide Mortgages of any amount may be effected with expedition, perfect security, and strict professional confidence; and free also from various extortionate charges, made often without any services being rendered, through the dishonest and disgraceful Agency of anonymous Advertisers, men who generally have not the least authority, much less the necessary means, for conducting such negotiations. Messrs. Smith have established, in connection with their Land Agency Offices in WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, a situation (amidst all the great Club-Houses.) as eligible perhaps as any in London, A GENERAL REGISTER of Loans required, and of Sums of Money to be advanced, either im mediately or prospectively, specifying for what certain or condi tional periods, and shcwing the rate of Interest that will be given or accepted, FASHIONABLE INTELLIEGNCE. ARRIVALS. Misses and Lady Clifton, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square, from Nottinghamshire; Sir John Osborne, Bart., at Earl's -court, Old Brompton ; Sir William Pepys, Bart., in Bryanston-squar e , from Tunbridge -court, Godstone, Surrey. DEPARTURES. Lord Dorchester, from Mason's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris ; M. Durand St. Andre, from Montague-square, for ditto ; Lord Henry Vane, from Peuton's Hotel, for the Con tinent; Mr. Montague Parker, M. P., from ditto, for Whit away Devonshire ; Lord Castlereagh, from Chapel -street, for Belvoir Castle ; Colonel Charlewood, for Brighton ; Lord and Lady Cranmore and the Hon. Miss Browne, for Chelten ham ; the Hon. Grantley Berkeley,for ditto ; Lord Seagrave, from Berkeley House, Sp r i ng - gar d ens, for Berkel e y Castle, Gloucestershire ; Captain and Mrs. Patterson, from Con naught-square, for Mount Clements, Herts ; the Rev. Charles Lane and Mrs. Lane, from Patterson's Hotel, Lower Brook street, for Windsor. LONDON : TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1538. The House of Commons was occupied for a consider able time last night with the charge brought by Mr. Pout TER against the Shaftesbury Election Committee. We placed before our readers on Saturday, the terms of Mr, POULTER'S charge, and we referred to the debate which ended by ordering that gentleman and the printer of the Morning Chronicle to appear at the bar last night. On the order of the day being read, Mr. MILDMAY proposed to postpone calling Mr. POULTEIt to the bar till the evi dence given before the Committee was published ; but after a warm and protracted discussion, the amendment was withdrawn, and Mr. POULTER came to the bar. Though his hearing was mild and gentlemanly, he avowed his letter, and did not retract one word of his accusation. Mr. BLACK STONE, who brought forward the question, was then com pelled, though probably reluctant, to move that the letter conveyed false and scandalous imputations on Hon. Members. The Tories still clung, however, to the hope that they might get out of the difficulty ; and at Lord STANLEY'S suggestion Mr. POULTER was once more sum moned to the bar to win from him if possible something in the shape of an apology, that might serve as an excuse for not persisting in a wrong course. Mr. POULTER continued to assert that his seat had been taken from him by a politi cal and not a just decision, and the necessity remained for Mr. BLACKSTONE to persevere. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, to get him out of the scrape, moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Slavery Act Amendment Bill, but the House decided by 124 to 120 that it would not go to that question, and would have a decision on the question, whether Mr. POULTER'S letter conveyed a false and scandalous imputation. On the main ques tion being again put, Mr. O'CONNELL moved that it be postponed for a week, which was carried by 122 to 116, and the other business proceeded with. As the House will in all probability not be sitting this day week, the subject may be considered as finally dis posed of ; and the Shaftesbury Committee, according to the view of its Chairman, rests under the imputation of having falsely and scandalously filched Mr. POULTER'S seat from him, and from the electors of Shaftesbury, their chosen Representative. The tone of the debate, we may remark, was much more complimentary to Mr. PoULTER than the debate concern ing Mr. O'CONNELL. But Mr. POULTER'S offence was much greater than Mr. O'CoNNELes. He selected a particular Committee—the whole of the Committees stand ing charged with bias, deliberat e injustice, and pe.jury ; and he accused that Committe e of being the most unjust of the unjust. Mr. O'CoNNELL's accusation was general— Mr. PouLTEA'S particular; and the Members of the Shaftes bury Committee were especially branded as the very worst of the bad lot. Yet personal and party feeling so much influenced the deliberations of the Honourable House, that Mr. POULTER'S conduct was spoken of in the mildest and most gentlemanly terms, while no language was too gross or too severe for that of Mr. O'CONNELL. Last night he had his revenge, for his motion led the House to slip away from any decision on the more false, and more scandalous, and more precise accusations than he ever applied to Committees. Another matter, which is worthy of notice, is, that Mr. Sergeant WILDE made it doubtful whether an Election Committee of the House is clothed with any privileges which can be violated. He argued that such a Committee is ordained by Statute, that the House of Commons on l y acts Ministeri ally or executively in appointing it, and that a Committee, being thus a Court of Law, is no more protected by the pri vileges of the House cf Commons, than the Commissioners under the Poor-law Act, or the Court of Bankruptcy. This is novel and curious doctrine ; and if the Committees he liable to such imputations as those cast on them by Mr. POULTER, and have no remedy but an action at common law, we shall not be surprised at sensitive men following Si, ROBERT PEEL'S advice, and refusing to serve on Electiot. Committees. n conclusion, let us observe that the Tories have shown themselves on this, as on all other occasions, absolutely un teachable. They are too old to learn. Every question of this kind which they have mooted, has involved the House in difficulty, ending in disgrace. Like an habi tual drunkard, or an habitual gambler, there is no hope of reclaiming them ; and wherever their influence predominates ha the House, as in the attack on Mr. O'CONNELL and Mr. PouLTER, they seduce the House into bad courses. The statement of Mr. Sergeant WILDE shews very clearly why those who seek to shield election committees from public censure must expose themselves to public scorn. An Election Committee is a Court of Law—the Members of:the House of Commons are all par tizans. Each man regards revery other, politically speak ing, as a friend to be aided or a foe to be crushed ; each man is hotly intent on promoting his own interest or the interest of his party, and according to the present system, into the hands of these ambitious partizans is given the power of deciding whether their friends or their enemies shall triumph. To expect justice from such bodies is ab surd ; and for legislators whose whole art and science pro ceed on the supposition that nothing must he trusted to the virtue of mankind, to rely so confidently on the angelic virtue of members of Election Committees is a contradic tion, arising from overweening vanity, which is certainly not to be surpassed in the large history of human delusions. We may with justice praise the sensible speech of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the moderate conduct of his party. He and they are assailed day after day by scurrilous accusa tions from avowed fabrications, and they have the magna nimity to pass them unnoticed. Mr. HALL last night quoted a more severe censure and calumny, which a Tory publication has cast on the Roxburgh Committee, than even Mr. POULTER'S, but the Whigs properly thought it unworthy of notice. The evil consciences of the Tories betray them into violence. At an adjourned meeting of the Middlesex Magistrates, held yesterdAy—the proceedings at which are reported in another column—a majority of their Worships adopted Mr. BARBER BEAUMONT'i string of vexatious and rediculous resolutions for closing Public-houses and Beer-shops at eleven o'clock at night, and preventing them from opening at all on Sunday mornings. Did it not occur to such a genius AS Mr. BARBER, BEAUMONT that it would be an improve ment upon his scheme to recommend the total abolition of public-houses, breweries, and distilleries? If to drink be a crime, why not strike at the root of the evil, by ren dering the slaking of thirst on the part of any indi vidual below the rank of a Middlesex Magistrate utterly impossible ? Nay, we are not certain if it would not be better still t o ma k e t hi rst a capital offence when ex hibited anywhere, save under a pump or within sight of a wine-cooler. Mr. BARBER BEAUMONT it is true, is indulgent to what men of more lax notions might deem the necessities of the wealthier classes. He excepts from the " closing clause," inns for the accommodation of " respect able families ;" forgetting, in his solicitude to provide for the comforts of the rich, that his plan requires that he should lay down for the information of inn keepers a test by which they may ascertain the respectability of their guests. He ought to have divided society into three great classes—the wine drinkers, the ale and beer-drinkers, and the water drinkers—the first only to be deemed respectable. But enough of Mr. BARBER BEAUMONT'S absurdities, whom we must in conscience acknowledge to he a fitting oracle of the Middlesex Magistrates. As for the resolutions, they will be spurned with contempt by every man of common sense in the country. Were the proceedings of the Magistrates in this affair of the Licensed Victuallers simply ridiculous, we should be content to laugh at them ; but as they are a source of much trouble and annoyance to that body, we shall to-morrow enter more fully into what we conceive to he the merits of them. It is really too bad that a body of functionaries who are negatively valueless themselves, should be suffered to devote the little energies they possess, to an impertinent intermeddling with the affairs of others. We learn from the Jamaica Journals to the 29th of February inclusive, that on the 21st of thlt month the House of Assembly voted the agitation of the Slave ques tion an insolent, unwarranted, impertinence on the part of the people of England! It comported not with the dig nity of that august body to pay the least regard to the addresses presented to her MAJESTY for the abo litio.l of the apprenticeship system, inasmuch as the petitioners had overlooked the claims of the planters to additional compensation ! We are really well pleased to be able to present our readers with an ab stract of the debate in the Huse of Assembly upon this occasion. It lays bare the roots and fibres of the whole question, as well as exposes the folly of the Government, in supposing that the planters ever regarded the period of apprenticeship as necessary to the preparation of the slare for the enjoyment of liberty. From the extracts given below from the speeches delivered by a certain Dr. WHITTAKER and a Mr. LESLIE, we may safely infer that these gentlemen approve of the cruelties of which the negroes are the ob jects, in so far as they may induce the generous but deluded people of England to re-purchase by another Parliamentary grant the freedom of the coloured race. There is not a syllable uttered about the fitness or unfitness of the slaves to be free ; all the House of Assembly looks to is the gullibility of the Emancipationists, and the frequency with which the planters may compel us to purchase what the laws of GOD and man have made already our own—the right to declare all the subjects of her Ma- JEYTY, of whatever clime or colour, co-equal in the eye of the law. Having swindled us out of Twenty Millions, we are not surprised that the Colonists entertain a contempt for our sagacity ; but still we may fairly question the pru dence of openly describing such men as Lords DENMAN, BROUGHAM, SLIGO, CLANRICARDE, and the Members of the London Deputation, as the Radical offscour- ings of society. It may be bad taste on the part of the Paisley weavers, but sure we are that there are hun dreds of that most intelligent and industrious body of Operatives, who would shrink with horror from coming in contact with the richest traffickers in human flesh, of which Jamaica can boast the presence. Now for the abstract of the debate in the Jamaica House of Assembly, which we have abridged without the alteration of a syllable from the Falmouth (Jamaica) Post : THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1838. WITHOUT ANY NAMES OR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPEARING BUT CONNECTED WITH A SECOND BOOK, RESERVED FOR PRIVATE REFERENCE, containing the names of the respective Principals:—the descrip tion of the proposed Securities; and the Address of the Solicitors concerned for each party ;—so that nothing of a doubtful descrip tion or character can be admitted; the principle of the Plan being to secure to the Public, UNDER THE CARE AND SUPERVISION OF THEIR OWN LEGAL ADVISERS, and by an immediate introduction of the Principals (if wished) to each other, a confidential, respectable, and ready Mart for such im portant negotiations, the want of which is perhaps sufficiently proved by the frequent Advertisements from highly respectable quarters, both for securities and Loans. In addition to the security arising from a reference to professional men only of eitablislicd respectability, as to the legal part of the transaction, the Plan embraces a system of charging upon a cer tain, and, they trust, satisfactory basis, and PARTICULARLT AS ENTAILING NO EXTENSE ON EITHER PA RTY, b!yond a trifling liagistering Fee and Postagel, if the object is not e!Tected within a period to be fixed at the time. PRINTED FORMS, facilitating the requisite description of the proposed Securities on which the Loans are desired, with a more detailed Prospectus, will be given or forwarded to any party on (post paid) application. The puldicatio4 of TUE SUN NRWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. 1 ~ ~~~ ~4 WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. " HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, FEB. 2I BT. A dispatch from the Colonial Minister, enclosing a Memo rial presented to the Queen, from the Delegates, from a vast number of females of Eagland, on the subject of the appren ticeship system. Mr. Hyslop could not see that message consigned to the table of the House without a few observations. The hour had arrived when it was fitting that the House should at once openly declare its sentiments upon the petition we had just heard read, and the reply given to it by the Colonial Secretary. This House has now an oppor tunity given to it to speak out, and as Lord Glenelg has told the petitioners that the Colonial Legislatures, and the Colonial Legislatures alone, could abridge the period of the a pprenticeship, let us declare the final resolve of Jamaica, to adhere unflinchingly to the provisions of the Abolition Act. Mr. Leslie thought that Lord Glenelg's letter was not only satisfactory to the House, but to the country in general ; it would he the means of setting the question at rest for ever. The Minister's answer to that farago of nonsense and imperti nence, which not only inveighs against that House but the Special Justices, was caused and instigated by a set of crawl ing wretches like Dr. Palmer, and others who were itinerat ing the British dominions, backed by the rabble, the Paisley weavers, and others of the same class. Let us hope that this is the last expiring effort of that faction. Lord Glenelg had answered them in a very proper manner. Now let it die a natural death. That was one of the few despatches in which Lord Glenelg had exercised a salutary discretion, and there fore he hoped they would hear no more of the matter. Dr. Whittaker would carry the war into the enemy's camp. This was the answer which be would give them :—He would refer them to the 9th, 10th, and 11th clauses of the Abolition Act, which gave the right to the apprentices to purchase their own freedom. Let those philanthropic persons come forward with their moiety to purchase the remainder of the apprentice ship term. He (Dr. Whittaker) would answer that there was not a man in Jamaica who would not agree to set every soul of them free, on being paid the remainder of the term. He, therefore, hoped the question would be taken up at once, and that they should be informed that we were willing to give up the remainder of the term, if they were willing to pay for it. Mr. Prater would agree to the message being referred to a Committee. This colony was not to be calumniated in the manner it had been by a set of vagabonds itinerating the coun try. If the parties who had presented that memorial to her Majesty were willing to put their hands into their own pockets to make the apprentices free, let them do it. Mr. H. Brown considered the special magistrates were not fairly dealt with. Many of them, he was convinced, would do very well if they were allowed to take the law as their guide, 3,1(c to construe it according to their men views. He thought t h at a great deal of harm was d one b y the Baptist Missionar i es ; -ome of them mere good men, hut ()Ale's, he had reason to be lieve, were men who were working on the feelings of these poor people from whom they were getting money. These per sons were inculcating into the apprentices' minds that they would be free next August ; that naturally unhinged the people. Mr. Leslie--Hon. Members were confusing matters. Did they desire an answer to be returned to the impertinent and insolent memorial which accompanied the Governor's mes sage ? Would it comport with their dignity to answer it ? Besides, what had it to do with Lord Sligo's decision which the House ought to confirm ? He trusted the House would not commit its dignity. They had, before the races, come to a solemn decision, declaring the impolicy of re-opening the ap prenticeship question. Lord Glenelg had unequivocally con firmed its propriety—therefore, the question was for ever set tled, and it was useless to re-agitate it. As regards all the farrago of abuse contained in the memorial, it merited the contempt of the House, emanating as it did from the scum and refuse of society, the sweepings of streets, the unwashed and canaille of the towns. He trusted the House would not demean itself by answering such a document. It was but an expiring effort of faction, and he, therefore, conceived it would he wiser to let them consume and suffocate themselves in their own filth. Mr. Panton could not comprehend the object of some Hon. Members. To whom were they to return an answer? Surely not to the memorialists. The Government did not think it necessary to entertain their mischievous propositions. There was nothing in the Governor's message which required an an swer, and he trusted the House would not recognize the memo rialists ; because if they did, they would next have to answer the unwashed artizans of London. Mr. Guy expressed a hope that the House would not de grade itself by answering the memorial. The House then divided :-- For Dr. Whittaker's ameadmcnt 8 Against -13 Ayes—Messrs. Barnett, Anderson, Good, Whittaker, Hart, Hyslop, Cox, and Frater. Noes Messrs. Berry, Townsend, Smith, Hamilton, Mitchel, Colman, H. Brown, Leslie, J. S. Brown, Batty, Barclay, Fairweather, Wright, Penton, March, Dallas, J. Allwood, R. Allwood, Hill, Thompson, and Guy. The message was ordered to lie on the table. The whole of the Paris Journals of Sunday have been received. They contain no news save the little that is contained in the following brief extracts : We have received the following letter : Logrono, 31st March. A Carlist division of 7,000 men, under the command of Guergue, and of the infant Don Sabastian, threatens to cross the Ebro at Aybar. Alex has only 3000 men to oppose them. He has applied to h. spartero for aid. It is said that Zariategui has forced the passage of the ford of St. Marti❑ : he is said to have lost fifty horsemen, but he has penetrated into the mountains of Soria with 200 men well mounted. Marshel Clauzel has arrived at Paris, and was in the sit ting of the Chamber yesterday.—Constitutionnel, Bth April. M. d'Apponey no longer manifests the same opposition to the interests of Queen Christina. It is even believed that he will very shortly take an entirely new position on the Spanish question, which will contribute to prove the ability and prudence of our Foreign policy in all things.—Le Com merce. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HULL The Committee met this morning at the usual hour, when Mr. 'lnn- YARD resumed his arguments in support of the vote of M'Allum, which was under consideration when the Committee adjourned yesterday. After the Learned Gentleman had concluded his address, the Committee retained the vote, the identity not having been proved. John Tall, merchant, of George street, was next objected to, as having given a bribe,. John Headley, the landlord of the Carpenters' Arms, deposed that during the week of the election, he went and promised his vote at the Committee-room, where Mr. Tall was acting as chairman, and received in return a list of fourteen persons, who were to be treated at his house. They were treated, and the Bill, amounting to 101., was sent in to Mr. Tall, who afterwards told witness he had sent it to the General Com mittee-room. On going there he received 51. from Mr. Brown, on sign ing a note to repay it when the 104 should be given to him. The Committee struck off the vote. WICKLOW. The Committee met this day at eleven o'clock, When Mr. THESSIGER resumed his argument in favour of opening the registry. T. AUSTIN replied. (LEFT SITTING.) KINSALE. The Committee this morning resumed the hearing of ;he case of William - Warren, which was under consideration when the Committee adjourned yesterday. The morning was occupied in hearing evidence as to the mode of admitting freemen, and the case was still under con sideration when our Reporter left. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY ( THIS DAYI, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Canton Papers have been received to the 13th December. (From the Price Current of the 12th December.) COMMERCIAL REIZARKS. IMPORTS.—Camlets are at present nearly unsaleable, but at a great sacrifice of price. Cotton—The Market continues very inactive and no sales of any description have been made during the week. Cotton Yarn—No active demand at present. Long Cloths continue in good demand. Opium—There has been - littte demand during the week, and prices remain without alteration, the trade is stilt confined to outside delive ries, and to some operations within the Bogue. Deliveries to the Bth instant, Patna 95, Alalwa 103—total, 198 Chests. Woollens do not experience any improvement in price. Exchange with England :—The rate of the East India Company's agents may be considered as the present standard for transactions of any magnitude, but we hear some bills of small amount have been negociated at 4s. 6d. per Duliar. FUNDS. This being settling-day in Consols, the brokers and jobbers are chiefly occupied in settling their accounts; the differences not being of magni tude, it is expected that the settlement will go off well. Consols, which closed yesterday at 031 a for the Account, opened this morning at 93,5,4, with a firm market. This day being also a grand holiday with the Hebrews (their Pas. sever) few of them have as yet made their appearance on the Stock Exchange. Exchequer Bills 64 to 66 prem. ; India Bonds, 70 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2054 ex-dividend. In the Foreign Market little business doing as yet, owing to the settlement of the British Account ; Spanish Active still heavy at 211, with Coupons; Portuguese, 30 % 31i ; Three per Cents. 20} 21 ; Brazil, 76 77 ; Colombian, 281 ; Mexican, 27i 284; Dutch Two. and-Half per Cents 541 PRICES OF STOCKS TIUt Bank Stock 3 per Cent. ied- .. 92 104 NA 3 per Cent. Cons ..... per Cent. ..... Ditto It& New 3 14 Ptr Cern ........ 101% New 5 per Cent.. Bank I,ongAnnultiestnevpire Jan. 5,18(10..........15% l5 1-16 Oct. 10 (MO Jan. 5, Biio 1 5 14 Jan. 5, tre.ii; April 180 Jar. 1, 18704.... PRICES CIF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bands Be.gian Bonds oat° Account.... Brazilian Bends DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. india. Stool :1:tto Bonds 7O 72 pn. South Sea Sttit•k Old knnnititN New Oitto 3 per Cent. Annuities, ! , 51... Exch. Bills, 1,, 61 67 pm Ditto. 501 66 64 67 pm. Ditto Small. ..... . 65 64 67 pm Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised Blnit Stozk for Acc0unt........ 2:0% gtock for Account , Con cols fox A.cconnt 93li % THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 'Peruvian Bonds ....... Ditto Account IPortuguese 8end5..,.......... Ditto Account Ditto New Bonsli D.tto Account ... atto, 3 per cen• Prussian 80nd5.,............ ..... onto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Bonds ..... Ditto Ac , nint Colurnb,an Bonds Ditto Account . Calm - v . lNa, - ) Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account ..f.ich Bonds . 74 y4 Ditto Account .......... Greek. Bonus Ditto Ronde, 1825 Ditto Account .......... fklextcazi Bonds, 5 per Ditto Account Ditto, S per cent. Ditto Account Neapo!it,n. —l PRICES OF SHARES THI! ... Rusatan P. 011,13, Ditto Acc0unt.......... — Dltto Metallic ..... Spanish Bonds ... Ditto Account ......,......, Ditto Bonds, 1841. Ditto Account French, 5 pea cent. ....... ._ f __,, ----- 4 1. , .:r cent. —l. —c. 3 per cent. .. ...... f. —,. Exchange.. Dutch, 23i per cent 54% 4 Ditto Account ...... ... 54 1 ,4 Ditto, ti leer cent 100 soll?i, Ditto Account DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. British Iron Company Ea3tern Counties Railway 5 5 Brighton Railway Company' 8 10% 10 4 A:l,nchester and Birmingham Railway 7 10 Asphalte, Claridge's Patent Do British 1 1 British North American Bank HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The settling of the British Account is going off well. The extreme fluctuation during the account has been one per cent. Consols may be quoted at present 931 for the Account, and Money 93f. Exchequer Bills, 67 prem. ; India Bonds, 70 7'2 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2101 opening. In the Foreign Market little doing : Spanish Active, 214 with Coupons ; Portuguese, 301 314 ; Three per Cents., 20i 21k; Dutch "Fwo.and-a-Ilalf, 54 ; Brazilian, 76 77 ; Mexican, 274 284 ; Danish, 74i.—In Shares little doing, Asphalte, 16 ; British Iron, 16 ; Brigh. ton, 104. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. _ Bank Stock . 206 Omni am — ... 92 , ,4 India Stock ........... South Sea st oc k 3 per Cent . Red. 93% Ditto Sonds 3 per Cent Cons 31, per Cent. ',34 per Cent. Red 100 M Ditto Old A nnu i t i es per Cent gew :•1 101% Ditto New Annuitic -4 per Cent. Assented — }ix. Bi'*.s, lOotv .%cl. ... 67 pm i Dissented 15 1... 67 Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500/ Jan 1860 l6 Bank St oc k f or Opg. 210 Oct 1850 l4 13-16 Ind' * Stock for Act. . ..... ...... Jan. 1860 l 5 l /4 Consols for Act. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent 107% Portuguese Bonds, a per cent. 69 rs e i g i an . 5 per cent... ...... Brailian Bonds .... 78% Prussian. 5 per cen t. — 9 uen ss Ayres, (3 per cunt....., -- Russian Bonds, 5 per ce nt , ~I 11 per cent — Ditto, Metallic -....— 6 per tent - .... .... 20.% Ditto, IR2I C c ( fi l i n li ni an t) , ja 6 n, thnish, 3 per cent ............... 74 French, 5 pei cent ... Greek Bonds, 1 ,1 25,5 per cent Exchang, 5 per cent. ............ French, 3 per cent Ditto, Micaex fi n iier cent., 1825 ....... Dutch, 2 percent. ........ 544 rerim 8.2 an. 1!, /3 per rertt .... • Ditto, 5 ner,ent CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. (THIS DAY.) Birmingham and Derby Railway 2B Eastern Counties Railway 5% Great Western Railway 94 London and Brighton Railway 10) London and Southampton (New) London and Croydon Railway (Scrip) Manchester and Birmingham Railway Northern and Eastern Railway SM York and North Midland Railway 12% The Divisions last night were incorrectly given in the Morning Papers, and were incorrectly called out in the House. The numbers stated on the first Division were 124 and 120, whereas, they actually were 122 and 120, showing a majority of only 2, for not proceeding with the Slavery Bill. One of the Ministerialists voted by mistake in the majority, and if he had voted right there would have been a tie, leaving the Speaker to give n eating vote. On the second division th• number, given wen• 121 and 117 ; whereas they were 122 and 116, shewinz a majority of six instead of four. The result on the whole shows the House of Commons to be a fraction more reasonable than we at first supposed. HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships sat today in a Committee of Privileges; present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury , Lord Ahinger, Lord Wynford, the Earl of Fingal, Lord Langdale , t he Bishop of Durham, Lord Middleton, Lord Sondes, L o rd Dinorben, a nd the Earl of Shrewsbury. the Lords; BRAY PEERAGE. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated in this case, which was appointed or further consideration to-day, that he had been requested by the Atta nay-General to solicit their Lordships to allow it to stand over till aTftheer the recess, in consequence of his b e i ng una bl o t o a tt en d to-dal- . 1 , Learned Gentleman - had been engaged to defend Mr. Williams, a g en ' man of large fortune in W a l es , w h o h a d b een c h arge d w ith forgi n g a will; his trial, whi c h commence d yester d ay a t t h e C en tral Criminal Court, had been adjourned to to-d a y, an d h e t rus t e d th a t the ard uous and important di:ty of defe n di ng a gen tl eman aga i ns t so ser ious a charg e would be a suificieirt excuse to their Lordships for his absence. T :" . Attorney-General bad already summed up the c as e i n chief, and all Oar he had to do was to sum up w ith re f erence t o th e ev id en ce as to t he collateral heirs. Sir HARRY NICHOLAS—said that the evidence with respect al collateral heirs had been put i n i n th e p resence o f th e Solicitor.Gener and in the absence of th e Att orney- G enera l , t h ere, t h ere f ore , could be a° necessity for delay in the case. The Earl of SHAFTE SBURY (Ch a i rman ) , sa id t h a t th ere c ould be ". doubt that the case must b e p u t off till after the holidays. to the CANOIS PEERAGE. This case came before their Lordships upon the claim of Thomas Stonor, of Stonor, in Oxfordshire, to the Barony of Camoys, which W 36 created by Edward the lst, and which has been in abeyance ever sin ce the 4th of Henry the 6th, Th e c l a i m was opene d some ti m e since to their Lordships, and its further consideration was adjourned to to -day; upon the case being called on The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he under s to o d th a t some of the Party t interested had not been served, a nd th e ru l e o f th e i r L or d s hip s being all parties having an interest, should have notice, he doubted wrhet"e they could properly proceed with the case. Sir W. FOLLF.TT said this was merely an attempt to create further delay. Mr. TENNANT observed that he was for the first time instructed t° appear for Madame de la Cainea, one of the claimants, and no oppor tunity having been afforded t o th e p ar ti es w h o i nstructe d hi m to ascer tain what the wish es o f M a d ame d e la C.dnea were, he submitted tha their Lordships could not properly proceed with the case in the P resenc e of her Counsel, th a t C ounse l no t k now i ng w h at the case was. The LORD CHANC ELLOR sa id th a t M a d ame de l a Ca i nea had had ample time to make out h er case, an d s h e now only instructe d Counselto watch the evidence g i ven on b e h a lf o f M r. Stonor. There co uld b ° no doubt, therefore, that th e case oug ht t o proceed. Their Lordships were occ u pi e d un til one o ' c l ock with the e videnc e on behalf of the claimant s , w hi c h cons i ste d c hi efly of ancient documents' the descent of the f am ily . The further consideration of th e c l a i m was a dj ourne d to May 3. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY• OLD COURT. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF MURDE R.—Benjamin Alison, ag ed 1 ::t was indicted for feloniously administering to Emma Cripps a ifrn-, quantity of laudanum, well k now i ng th e same to b e a deadly P°':.;;: whereby the said Emma Cripps became mortally sick and afterwards 01 Mr. ADOLPHUS briefly stat e d th e case t o t h e J ury, c h arac terisinr at t as of a most extraordinary na t ure . H e b e li eve d i t wou l d b e hOW 3 t , the prisoner and deceased h a d agree d t o po i son t h emse l ves, and that the prisoner was present an d a d m i n i s t ere d t h e po i son to t h e decea" ,d.. And though the deceased might willingly have taken the poison , the prisoner was guilty of m ur d er i n a d m i n i s t er i ng i t. I n a CiTht tian country it could ne v e r b e a d m itt e d t h a t a party h a d the eight to deprive himself of existence. Much less could any o ne at liberty to take away the life of another, even with that other P son's consent. the' Witnesses were then called, wh o p rove d th a t th e pr i sone r an- A wi t', deceased (who was only 17 years of age) lived together as man an d in Leonard street, Shoreditch ; that some time previous to the unfor;cl nate catastrophe, they were li v i ng i n most unhappy circumstanc es, 3 o f a very depressed state of mind. On the night of the is t March, the deceased was heard moaning, and the prisone r v T j he lently retching. Next morning prisoner left th e house. was discovered was discovered d ea d , an d on opening the bo d y It ty-,s discovered that she h a d di e d th roug h the effects of laudanum. It also proved that the prisoner had several days previous boug h _ t % c o rs' various pretences, small q u an titi es o f l audanum at different cheof n" shops, thus procuring sufficient to effect his object. The confes sien t be the prisoner was put i n ev id ence, i n w hi ch the prisoner sta t e d that the deceased and he had agreed to die together; that he procur er ,' poison, and they took it a t th e same t i me, 10 o ' clock on Weue- dal ye ry night; deceased died on Th urs d a y morn i ng; pr i soner became ,„, sick soon after he to o k th e p o i son, b u t recovered the fo ll ow ing morn This This closed the case for the prosecution. the Mr. DOANE, who defended the prisoner, called Mrs. Alison, me prisoner's mother, who deposed th a t hi s f a th er h a d beets for s ie to time confined in a lunatic asyl um — an d th a t t h e pr i soner was liab fits of high excitement. Ile was very much excited when he ca the witness, the day on which deceased died. for t he Mr. DOANE then addressed the Jury in a most able speec h hat th e defence. He argued that th e J ury must not on l y b e sa tisfied that and prisoner was at the time of this unfortunate event quite calve s ; de _ sensible of what he wa s a b ou t ; but that he wilfully and sired to put the deceased to death. And lie contended that neither these suppositions were borne out by the evidence; he therefore argued that the Jury could not find a verdict of guilty of murder. ;d ' r ho que'' Mr. Justice PAT TI s ON th en c h arge d t h e J ury. He sa• -- ' per tion was whether there was evidence of the prisoner's "t being it down, fectly sane at the time of the act in question. For the -n`c laid that if two persons went to die together, though ; the o th , and the attempt succeeded in one ease, —not -n 'n the survivor was guilty of murder. There was a c '''" 1 wil l reign of James 1., where a husband said to his wire, _.„ lie rid myself of life ;" to which she replied, " I will, then, die Wo o, it to. persuaded her to buy poison, which the did, and both partook tri ed fo r gether. The husband died, but the wife recovered. She was -be - t murder, and convicted. Now the law as regarded insanity flog he perhaps concisely expressed thus :—That in order for a person tO Of exempted from the punishment of an offence on the ground insanity, he must be unable to distinguish right from wrong -- deprived of understanding, memory, &c. There was in t he by voluntary cr. present case no evidence that the prisoner had ever committed a n act that manifested insanity. The f ac t o f hi s f at h er ' s having been insan,, ; was not of itself sufficient, b ecause i nsan i ty, t h ough very often , "as n° invariably, hereditary. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. NEW CUURT. YN TRIAL OF THOMAS 'WILLIAMS, ESQ., FOR FORGERY (SECOND DA„ The Jury, who had been detained at the London Cotree.house,r urY_ order of the Judge, during th e n i g ht , en t ere d th e Court shortly be o c ten o' loc . Back, and answered to their names. the Mr. PARKE shortly after took his seat on the benc h, and prisoner was placed at the bar. en " . "111r. Hugh Williams Price, comptroller o fCustoms at Beautrlar i- ' te o then called, and deposed that he had known the deceased for fon r rea t y ars before his death, and that he appeared to him to entertain 3 g t thi affixtion for the prosecutor, his wife, and child. He told hitn o f bad provided handsomely for th em i n hi s w ill . W as a t the lion' e vici Mr. Panton on the 7th of M a y, an d s l ep t th ere th e n i g ht previou s. not see Mr. Williams there a t a ll th a t d ay. W a lk e d i n the gar dcn a while, but was not away f rom th e h ouse f or more t h an half an h°,,-1. a time that day. Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY - GENE RAL —The 7th of ~3• , a rt the Sunday before Whitsunday. Walked out with the old ge ntle- the that day, but did not go more than four hundred yards, or so, from house. eo' Grace Haxley, a servant in the family of the deceased, was n ea „iiot mined through an interpreter, a nd d e p ose d th a t h er ma ster was ~.- -t i ote about the 7th of May, and did not leave home for any length that! day. Did not see M r. Willi ams (th e pr i soner ) a t Bras vi l .. ° that day. Elizabeth Humphreys, J. Humphreys, Hugh Thomas, " of Pritchard, Anne Farrell, and W. Williams, domestics in the se rvice the Gosling, the evidence of the last witness. tha f Mr. the Deputy Register of Doctors' Commons, dep osed e i,de, on the 22d July last, he received the papers produced front 31r. who Cross- aced for Mr. Wadeson. fir tt examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—When he - Or the scrips, he observed that No. 7 was in pencil ; did not obser c ' pencil marks on the other ; looking at scrip No. 2 now, there certao did appear pencil m ar k s; thi n k s th ey cou l d not have b een there R h they first passed through his hands. sche Sam uel Brooks stated that Ile was clerk to Mr. Wadeson, the p r to tle prisoner ; received the' scrips from his employer ; as C3l. lirc a knew they were t a k en f rom the office in the state in which he re" them. Cross-examined by Mr. JERVIS—Took a copy of them, and eX 3 them accurately. Observes now that there marks of black lead P o ,. on No. 2. Did not see them at the time he copied it. Has no re c° 4o 0 0 , Lion of seeing the now apparent marks on No. 8 e when in his posseisT.• By Sir W. FoLLErr—Observes some letters and lines drawn and :$l, The greater part of them appear to be tracings of a pencil. 1137,,,Cle mined the papers befo re , b u t not so minutely. Copied them bY c` - oto. light. Has observed some pencil tracings on three of the PaP er. sealer. There was a will i n duplicate, on the right side of wh ich are observable, that Sc Mr. Henry Adlard, a n engraver, was next called, and stated A rdS o. o.i; had examined the docum en t s c h arged to be forged. With the $ a glass he could discover groun d p l ans, tracings, and port i on s Of 3to and figures, amongst which were " C urs it or-s t reet, " " BishoP s f be street," the word " Map" at the top of the document purporting 1° the will, and various other tracings. Id The witness's examination l as t e d f or a cons id era bl e time, 'u not concluded when our Reporter left at Two o'clock. 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On the sth inst., at Claines, Wo rc estershire, Robert Mu ter : Esq., of London, to Eli za b et h , d aug h ter o f th e l a te John Jen kins Es o q. n , o tti f e L 7 e t d h bu h r l y sL, at Highgate, Wm. Harrison, Esq., ofP e ro v r n : shire-street, Po r tl an d- p l ace, to C aro li ne , d aug hter of A. r • " son, Esq., of Highgate. ookc On the ith inst., at St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, Harr rette - Turner, Esq., of Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, to fourth dau g ht er o f W m. S toc kl ey , E sq . uth" On the sth i ns t., at Ki r k sta ll, th e Rev. John Bowers , of —0 stark, to El eanor , d aug h ter o f J ames HargreaYe, Esq., of Burley, near Leeds. i, DIED. •of At Woodside, Plymouth, on the sth inst , to the great grie f her afflicted husband and family, after giving birth to a daugh ter, Mary Ann, the beloved wife of Captain Atkinson, and eldest daug_ ter of Mr. Ottley, late 60th Rifles. Her kind and amiable diset tion was ever appreciated by all her relatives and friends, to wb?r.": she was endeared by all the social qualities which could adorn tilts frail life. On the 6th inst., Mrs. Teresa Pinchen, widow , o f Norris-street, Haymarket, aged 72. On the 6th inst. ,in Upper Baker-stye: aged 58, the Rev. Geo. Wheeler, ,11. A. • London; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , °f 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county of Middlesex.—. Tuesday, April 10, 1838.